New Obligations of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service: Taking Full-fledged Action Against the COVID-19 Pandemic

In 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to global health systems. The Korea has taken full-fledged actions against this novel infectious disease, swiftly implementing a testing-tracing-treatment strategy. New obligations have therefore been give...

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Autores principales: Yoo, Seung Mi, Chung, Seol Hee, Jang, Won Mo, Kim, Kyoung Chang, Lee, Jin Yong, Kim, Sun Min
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Publicado: Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7939757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33618495
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.20.594
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author Yoo, Seung Mi
Chung, Seol Hee
Jang, Won Mo
Kim, Kyoung Chang
Lee, Jin Yong
Kim, Sun Min
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Chung, Seol Hee
Jang, Won Mo
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Kim, Sun Min
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description In 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to global health systems. The Korea has taken full-fledged actions against this novel infectious disease, swiftly implementing a testing-tracing-treatment strategy. New obligations have therefore been given to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) to devote the utmost effort towards tackling this global health crisis. Thanks to the universal national health insurance and state-of-the-art information communications technology (ICT) of the Korea, HIRA has conducted far-reaching countermeasures to detect and treat cases early, prevent the spread of COVID-19, respond quickly to surging demand for the healthcare services, and translate evidence into policy. Three main factors have enabled HIRA to undertake pandemic control preemptively and systematically: nationwide data aggregated from all healthcare providers and patients, pre-existing ICT network systems, and real-time data exchanges. HIRA has maximized the use of data and pre-existing network systems to conduct rapid and responsive measures in a centralized way, both of which have been the most critical tactics and strategies used by the Korean healthcare system. In the face of new obligations, our promise is to strive for a more responsive and resilient health system during this prolonged crisis.
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spelling pubmed-79397572021-03-15 New Obligations of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service: Taking Full-fledged Action Against the COVID-19 Pandemic Yoo, Seung Mi Chung, Seol Hee Jang, Won Mo Kim, Kyoung Chang Lee, Jin Yong Kim, Sun Min J Prev Med Public Health COVID-19: Perspective In 2020, the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has caused unprecedented disruptions to global health systems. The Korea has taken full-fledged actions against this novel infectious disease, swiftly implementing a testing-tracing-treatment strategy. New obligations have therefore been given to the Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service (HIRA) to devote the utmost effort towards tackling this global health crisis. Thanks to the universal national health insurance and state-of-the-art information communications technology (ICT) of the Korea, HIRA has conducted far-reaching countermeasures to detect and treat cases early, prevent the spread of COVID-19, respond quickly to surging demand for the healthcare services, and translate evidence into policy. Three main factors have enabled HIRA to undertake pandemic control preemptively and systematically: nationwide data aggregated from all healthcare providers and patients, pre-existing ICT network systems, and real-time data exchanges. HIRA has maximized the use of data and pre-existing network systems to conduct rapid and responsive measures in a centralized way, both of which have been the most critical tactics and strategies used by the Korean healthcare system. In the face of new obligations, our promise is to strive for a more responsive and resilient health system during this prolonged crisis. Korean Society for Preventive Medicine 2021-01 2021-01-26 /pmc/articles/PMC7939757/ /pubmed/33618495 http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.20.594 Text en Copyright © 2021 The Korean Society for Preventive Medicine This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle COVID-19: Perspective
Yoo, Seung Mi
Chung, Seol Hee
Jang, Won Mo
Kim, Kyoung Chang
Lee, Jin Yong
Kim, Sun Min
New Obligations of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service: Taking Full-fledged Action Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_full New Obligations of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service: Taking Full-fledged Action Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_fullStr New Obligations of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service: Taking Full-fledged Action Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
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title_short New Obligations of Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service: Taking Full-fledged Action Against the COVID-19 Pandemic
title_sort new obligations of health insurance review and assessment service: taking full-fledged action against the covid-19 pandemic
topic COVID-19: Perspective
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7939757/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33618495
http://dx.doi.org/10.3961/jpmph.20.594
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